In April of last year, High School Musical actor Zac Efron made an appearance alongside scientist Bill Nye in a special promotional video for Earth Day.
Efron received a lot of backlash for the pictures he posted from the occasion, which started the “Jaw-Gate” controversy because of the actor’s receding jawline.
When his fans saw Efron’s most recent interview advertising his new movie, The Iron Claw, with Jeremy Allen White, many were taken aback. Many continue to accuse the High School Musical alum of lying about surgery. Let’s know what the actors have to say about the rumors and speculations.
Who is Zac Efron?
American actor Zachary David Alexander Efron was brought into the world on October 18, 1987. In the mid-2000s, he began working as a professional entertainer.
Troy Bolton, the main character in the High School Musical trilogy, assisted him with turning out to be notable as a teen icon from 2006 to 2008. During this period, he additionally featured in the comedies 17 Again (2009) and Hairspray (2007).
The films Neighbors (2014), Dirty Grandpa (2016), Baywatch (2017), The Lucky One (2012), The Paperboy (2012), New Year’s Eve (2011), and The Greatest Showman (2017) all starred Efron.
In the 2019 film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, he portrayed Ted Bundy. He co-hosted the Netflix travel series Down to Earth with Zac Efron (2020–2022), for which he received a Daytime Emmy Award in 2021.
What happened to Zac Efron’s jawline?
An injury that occurred in 2013 left well-known American actor Zac Efron with altered facial features, including his jawline.
Even Zac Efron’s well-known face seems a little different these days. The former Disney star said that, contrary to popular belief, he had to have some medical operations done.
The actor disclosed that his larger jawline was actually the result of an old injury in a 2022 Men’s Health interview. In 2013, Efron fell while jogging in his socks, hitting his chin on the granite corner of a fountain.
He lost consciousness due to the severity of the injury, and upon awakening, his chin bone protruded from his face.
Zac Efron’s chin bone was severely injured in 2013, necessitating medical attention. The actor needed extensive medical attention after crashing into a granite fountain.
It was humorous. It’s awful. We’re okay, but I nearly died,” the star disclosed.
He told Men’s Health that the 2013 injury, together with his brief failure to pursue physical therapy, resulted in his masseter muscles overcompensating for the injured muscles in his face, which is why his appearance was affected so many years later.
The Neighbors star claims that the masseter muscles, which are utilized for chewing, among other things, collaborate with the other facial muscles “like a symphony.”
His damaged masseter muscles needed to be partially compensated for by those after his accident. Efron had to see a physician and undergo jaw physical therapy as a result.
But Efron had a break from physical therapy back in 2021 while he was in Australia, which explains why he looked different at that time. He clarified, “The masseters just got big. They just grew.”
What did Zac have to say about his face?
Regarding the incident in 2013 that resulted in his broken jaw, Zac Efron has been quite open about it. His jawline muscles expanded during the 2021 treatment break, which altered his appearance and sparked speculation about plastic surgery.
His mother called him to inquire about whether he had had surgery because the rumors had gotten so out of control!
Efron, for his part, has maintained his composure throughout the ordeal and disclosed that he stays off of social media most of the time. “I definitely wouldn’t be able to do this work if I valued what other people thought of me to the extent that they might think I do.”
